I hope to be able to afford an electric car in the not to distant future. Right now I'm chugging along in my 2011 Mercedes hoping it lasts a few more years since it's paid for!!!

wow....but Texas is booming right now...I was in San Antonio back in November and construction down the whole Interstate from Dallas to Austin and on was crazy! Population boom!

@SkotlandSkye Yes, a lot of newbies moving here. I'm just hopeful that a lot of them are not the right wing repub morons we already have down here. The building of new homes is off the charts in the area I live. I'm pretty sick of the added traffic and no real building of new roads to move all these added people around. It's hell trying to get anywhere early in the morning with all the traffic backed up.

@SkotlandSkye Most of my family live in Texass (Dallass, San Antonio and Austin) and they probably think this is great. Of course they all have air conditioning and the summer heat keeps them indoors.
Funny story: I and my first wife were at DFW during the energy crunch and air conditioners were set higher. We were waiting for my mom to pick us up when we saw a German family that were loudly complaining about the heat. One said he thought Americans had air-conditioning. A woman saw the exit and said she would go out and see where their ride was. We watched her go out and then turn around and come quickly back. She told the group they do have air conditioning and you don't want to go out there.

@JackPedigo LOL, most people who visit Texas in the middle of our summer heat don't want to come back!!!

@Redheadedgammy I am from Dallas and know all about it. I hate heat. It's funny to see the people at our farmers market in the summer. You can tell those from the SW as they are the ones wearing coats in July.